OK, you read the headline, but I need to say it again and in all caps: TAKE THE VACATION! I don’t know who needs to hear that, but I certainly did and, honestly, still do. It’s not because I don’t love taking vacations, of course. It’s just that there’s always so much going on—another crisis […]
“It’s 10 p.m. Do You Know Where Your Children Are?”
Remember when you were a kid and your parents had no idea where you were?! It’s hilariously disturbing … but maybe they were onto something.
I Guess the Kids Really Are Listening
As a parent, you realize pretty quickly that your words can and will be used against you at some point. There’s the well-placed F-bomb that comes out at the most mortifying time. That private conversation with your husband that their supersonic hearing somehow picks up (even if that same hearing never seems to hear pleas […]
Bigger Kids, Bigger Problems? A Big Yes!
The idea of having teenagers has always freaked me out. If I’m being completely honest, it’s the reason that I wasn’t sure I wanted to have kids in the first place. The thought of dealing with a tornado of hormones, opinions and eye rolls, coupled with a hefty dose of that delightfully adolescent “I’m always […]
Thank You, Ms. Marvel!
We are a superhero family. Of course, all moms are supermoms—myself included on a good (or bad) day—but that’s not quite what I mean in this instance. I mean that we are completely obsessed with superhero movies in our house. I have pretty much insisted that my children, now 10 and 7, get a proper […]
And the Award for the Worst Mother in a Pandemic Goes to…
I have never felt like a worse mother than I have in the last few weeks. And as we round out five full weeks in self-isolation, it’s only getting worse. It’s ironic, because I originally started Momsanity to make sure moms didn’t compare themselves to other mothers and to know they were doing a good […]
Gifts in the Nick of Time!
It’s that time of the year again…when you’re rushing around like a crazy person and trying to finish up your holiday shopping in addition to, you know, living your life and working and taking care of the kids and everything else. Well, there’s no need to panic or to stress. I partnered with some amazing […]
The Magic of the Holidays Is in the Mistakes
I set my oven on fire this Thanksgiving. I’ve been going back and forth about whether or not to share this. On one hand, it was such an enormous fail, it was kind of funny. I mean, once I realized the fire was completely contained in the oven, the bird itself wasn’t on fire, and […]
The Best Ways to Feed Your Kid’s Dinosaur Obsession
When my kids were little and before we moved to the ’burbs, the Museum of Natural History on Manhattan’s Upper West Side was our home away from home. We were lucky. We lived just nine blocks from the museum, and we went there when it was too rainy, too cold, too hot, or just too […]
Today Is the Day That Everything Changes
Today is the first day of school, and I have a lot of…feelings. It’s nothing new, of course. Parents always experience an avalanche of emotions on this big day, and they range from anxiety to excitement, sadness to elation. I’m no different, though maybe a little more neurotic. But this year, I don’t know…it feels […]
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